For ED Unit Clerks, you will be brought directly to the Tracking Shell when you first log in.

 

 

For ED Providers, Clinicians, and Mid-Level Providers, you will need to click the Tracking Shell button on your ED LaunchPoint toolbar.

 

 

There are various tabs on the Tracking Shell:

ED (Location) Available Staff

Displays all providers who are present for the day, including details of their provider role, availability, and how many patients are assigned to them.

 

ED (Location) Look Up

Displays all the patients who have been quick registered into the ED.

The Filter bar allows users to narrow down a certain patient who have been discharged from the ED within a certain time frame.

The Filter bar on the ED (Location) Look Up can be set to certain time frames or dispositions.

 

The Patient filter is a bar to search or scroll through to find a specific patient.

 

Depart Dt/Tm

This column specifies the date and time in the form on DD-MMM-YYY, HH:MM, in which the patient was discharged.

Disposition

This column displays the arrangement of the patient’s location, from Discharged Home with Support Services to Admitted to an Inpatient Unit or Transferred to Day Surgery.

Alerts

This column contains icons which indicate specific information about a patient.

Examples:

	ADE Risk Positive
	Isolation
	Falls Risk

 

CTAS

This column signifies the acuity level of a patient and is colour coded and numbered from 1 - 5.



Examples:   

1 = Blue – Resuscitation
2 = Red – Emergent
3 = Yellow – Urgent
4 = Green – Less Urgent
5 = White – Non Urgent

Name

The name of the patient is displayed as last name, first name.

 
 

Age

This column displays the age in addition to the gender of a patient by the colour of the cell.



Examples:    

Blue = Male
Pink = Female
No colour = Undifferentiated or Unknown
 

Allergy

This column displays the patient’s allergies if known, or states otherwise. If the icon is hovered over, it will display the known allergy that was documented.

Examples:    

	Allergy (hover over to see specific allergy)
	No Known Allergies
	No Allergy Information Documented
	No Known Medication Allergies

 

Reason for Visit

This column displays the reason for the visit, taken from the diagnosis and COT descriptor with the CTAS score.


 

LOS (Length of Stay)

This is the length of time the patient has been in the ED. The format is denoted as HH:MM.

Disposition

The icons within this column depicts where the patient is arranged to be placed.

Examples:

	Admit to Inpatient
	Inpatient Bed Request

 

EDMD

This column indicates the Provider who has assigned themselves to a patient. The initials of the Provider after check-in and assignment will display within this column.
 

MLP

This column indicates the mid-level Provider who has assigned themselves to a patient. The initials of the mid-level Provider after check-in and assignment will display within this column.
 

RN

This column indicates the Nurse or Clinician who has assigned themselves to a patient. The initials of the nurse after check-in and assignment will display within this column.

Example:


 

Activities

These are the outstanding actions the Clinician must complete.

Examples:      

	BPMH Required
	Interdisciplinary Activities

  

Events

These are events that need to be completed by a Clinician or a Provider.



Examples:    

	Registration
	Triage
	RN exam
	Urine collection
	MD seen
	Consult Request

                

Allied Health

This column displays all allied health referrals.


 

Lab, Rad, ECG

These columns display the number of orders which have been placed, and are either completed or are in progress. The left-hand number is the amount ordered and the right hand number displays what has been completed. The check marked page icon indicates that all orders have been completed.

  

OOD

The Out of Department column indicates if the patient has left to ED for tests or appointments.  The drop-down list contains:

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In Cardiac Cath

In CT Scan

In X-ray

Ready for OR

Ready for Reg

Ready for Transport
 

BA

The Bed Assigned column remains empty until a patient is admitted, a bed request has been made and an inpatient bed is found and assigned to the patient.  Once the ED has been made aware of the assigned bed it can be recorded in this column.